Acer Aspire R7-572 Success !

[maaf1212]

Hi there: 

 

This guide will walk u trough the install and is very detailed , since I m not very savvy in DSDT editing and stuff like that I made it very easy so you can get the basics of this beautiful machine working. Please help me to get the touch screen, touch pad and trackpad to work properly , right now here is what is fully functional:

 

- Audio, including HDMI

- Webcam

- USB 3.0

- HD 4400 works but i have no brightness control and sometimes the top of the screen looks pixelated , still have full acceleration.

- Wireless 

- Icloud, App Store , Face time, iMessage

 

Not working at the moment :

 

- Touchscreen

- SD Card reader 

- Bluetooth

- Issues with shutdown and sleep

 

Download the PDF file with all the images and instructions, also there is a link with the zip file with all the install files HERE. 

 

 

 

INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR ACER R7-572 Pre Install:

I wanted to keep my Windows 8.1 factory install untouched, so I shrink my hard drive using the windows disk utility and formatted a partition in exFat format and name it MacHD, then updated the BIOS to the latest version (2.04). And reboot.

1- Access the bios by pressing F2
2- Make sure xHCI is enables otherwise your USB 3.0 ports wont work 3- Change the boot mode to Legacy

Windows is pre set to boot only on UEFI, legacy boot won’t let u boot back into Windows unless you change your boot mode back to UEFI

Installation Method:

myHack 3.3.1 + Retail App Store 10.9.3 with modified mach_kernel 10.9.2 with Haswell support + [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 6.3.

Preinstall Requirements:

1- Download the required files ( R7 Package 1.0 )
2- Download myHack 3.3.1
3- Prepare your install USB
4- Copy the R7 Package 1.0 folder into the USB drive 5- Delete mach_kernel in the usb

6- Open the R7 Package 1.0 and copy mach_kernel into the root of the USB replacing the file that was just deleted.

Now we are ready to install OSX.

Installing OSX

1. 1-  Boot from myHack using boot flags GraphicsEnabler= no –f

2. 2-  Enter Disk Utility and Format MacHD using Extended Journaled

3. 3-  Install OSX

4. 4-  During the install you will be asked if you want to create a generic extra

   folder answer yes

5. 5-  You will also be asked about removing some kexts that may cause panic or

   issues, read carefully, I deleted the first two and keep the third one.

6. 6-  Once your installer finish press F12 during boot and select your usb.

7. 7-  Repeat step 1

8. 8-  Enter the terminal and do the following command: cp /mach_kernel

   “/Volumes/MacHD/mach_kernel”

9. 9-  Reboot and boot from the hard drive using same boot flags as in step 1

Post Install:

Once you access OSX for the first time you wont have any kind of network access and the system will be very buggy, we will be using the R7 Package 1.0 folder located in the USB drive , you may have a few kernel panics when accessing the USB , just be patient and try copying the folder outside the USB.

1. 1-  Copy the R7 Package 1.0 folder to the desktop

2. 2-  Open [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 6.3

3. 3-  Go to Drivers /Misc/ Select USB 3.0 and EvoReboot.

4. 4-  Drivers /System/PatchedAppleIntelCPU 10.9.0

5- Bootloaders, the only option will be Chimera 3.01
6- Customize/Basic Boot Options, Generate CPU States, GraphicsEnabler= no,

Hybernate mode laptop. 7- Build

Once you are done with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] DO NOT REBOOT.

Once finish with the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] install we need to install the Battery and Power Management kexts. Extract and copy Kext Utility into the desktop, then run it.

Install Battery and Audio Kexts, then open the RehabMan Null Ethernet folder and install the NullEthernet kext in the release folder.

Once the kext is installed copy the ssdt-rmne.aml into the extra folder in your hard drive, re name it to ssdt.aml, you can now restart.

You should pickup audio and video after reboot.

Now you can proceed to install the Wireless Kext, your apple store, icloud ,I message and facetime will work , the nullethernet kext simulates a builtin Ethernet so the app store and related apps work, without this kext or by braking the order of installation your app store wont work.

Optimizing:
Run Chameleon Wizard and modify your plist as shown

Then install SMBIOS for MacPro 8.1 or Macbook Air 6.1 Done. 

 

 

INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR ACER R7.pdf

[Dennis Lee]

Is battery status working?